grammar/writing resources:
- grammar.quickanddirtytips.com (grammar girl)
- grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
- owl.english.purdue.edu/
- www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm (grammar bytes)
- grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

academic disciplines
- the art of problem solving (math)
- http://www.nacloweb.org/ (computational linguistics)
- Coursera - free on line courses
- Edx - free online courses
- About.com (for foreign language grammar reference)

book lists
- www.nancypearl.com (author of the Book Lust series – search by genre etc)
- www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.cfm (American Library Association)
- College Board has AP book lists for comp and lit

vocabulary review
- Read fiction and non fiction regularly
- Quizlet.com
- Freerice.com
- Vocabulary.com

on line dictionaries
- Google dictionary
- Miriam-Webster.com
- wordnik
- Linguee (foreign language dictionary)
(never dictionary.com!!)

College descriptions
- The Hidden Ivies (Greene’s guide)
- Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope
- Insider’s Guide to Colleges